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'{{Infobox_Scientist |name = Marcel Roche |image = Marcel_roche.jpg |image_width = 225px |caption = |birth_date = {{Birth date|1920|8|15|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Caracas]], [[Venezuela]], |residence = [[Venezuela]] |nationality = |death_date = {{death date and age|2003|5|3|1920|8|15|df=y}} |death_place = [[Miami]] |field = [[Endocrinology]], [[Nuclear medicine]] |work_institutions = [[Central University of Venezuela]], [[International Atomic Energy Agency]] (1958-1960) |alma_mater = [[Johns Hopkins Medical School]] |doctoral_advisor = |doctoral_students = |known_for = |prizes = [[Kalinga Prize]] |religion = |signature = |footnotes = }} '''Marcel Roche Dugand''' (August 15, 1920, [[Caracas]], [[Venezuela]] – May 3, 2003, [[Miami]], [[United States|USA]]) was a [[physician]], [[scientist]] and scientific leader. He was born into a wealthy family of [[France|French]] origin. His father,[[Luis Roche]] was a well known urbanist. His secondary education was conducted in [[Paris]], [[France]], graduating in 1938. Following this, he moved to the USA and got a [[Bachelor of Science]] degree at [[Saint Joseph's University|St. Joseph’s College]], in [[Philadelphia]], following by studies in [[medicine]] at [[Johns Hopkins Medical School]], in [[Baltimore]]. After graduation in 1946, he specialized in [[endocrinology]] and [[nuclear medicine]]. Before returning to Venezuela in 1951, he carried out biomedical research for some time at the [[New York Institute of Public Health]]. In Venezuela Dr. Roche started several pioneering works as an Assistant Professor of the [[Central University of Venezuela]] on [[goitre]], [[hookworm]] infections and [[nutritional deficiencies]] and [[anaemia]]s, especially among the poor and [[Indigenous peoples|aboriginal]] people. He was founder and director of the Institute of Medical Research at the Central University, and in 1958 he also became the Secretary General of the [[Venezuelan Association for the Advancement of Science]]. Other institutions directed by him were the Institute of Neurology and Brain Investigation, reorganized in 1959 as the [[Venezuelan Institute of Scientific Research]] in 1959. During his tenure, Dr. Roche became interested and supported the development of [[anthropology]] and the study the [[history of science|history]] and [[sociology of science]]. He was founder and director of the [[Venezuelan National Council of Scientific Investigation]] and the magazine [[Intersciencia]], as well as being involved in the publishing of several other scientific periodicals. Dr. Roche was also a pioneer in the area of [[public understanding of science]] and a pioneer in the production of [[TV]] programs and [[documentary film]]s on many science subjects. He was very active in promoting science to the public and participated in many national and international organizations promoting science. Dr. Roche was an advisor to the [[WHO]], [[UNESCO]], a Governor of the [[International Atomic Energy Agency]] (1958-1960), and was a Member and President of the Council of the [[University of the United Nations]] in [[Tokyo]], and Secretary of the [[Third World Academy of Sciences]]. He received many honours and degrees from [[Belgium]], [[Germany]], [[France]], the [[United States]], [[India]] and [[Brazil]]. He won the [[Kalinga Prize]] from UNESCO for his work. ==External links== * [http://www.ivic.ve/estudio_de_la_ciencia/?mod=roche.php Marcel Roche biography]. In Spanish. {{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> | NAME = Roche, Marcel | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = August 15, 1920 | PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Caracas]], [[Venezuela]] | DATE OF DEATH = May 3, 2003 | PLACE OF DEATH = [[Miami]] }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Roche, Marcel}} [[Category:1920 births]] [[Category:2003 deaths]] [[Category:People from Caracas]] [[Category:Venezuelan scientists]] [[Category:Venezuelan physicians]] [[Category:Central University of Venezuela faculty]] [[Category:International Atomic Energy Agency officials]] [[es:Marcel Roche]] [[fr:Marcel Roche]] fo!'